Author: Crew Daily
The aircraft for today is the one that served the British Royal Navy in their Fleet Air Arm unit as their naval fighter aircraft. The earliest prototype version of the Supermarine Scimitar took it to the skies for this first time back in January of 1956 while the first delivery was made to the Royal navy back in 1957. It is a single-seat carrier-based fighter. The Supermarine Scimitar also happens to be the first Navy aircraft to be cleared by the British Royal Navy for carrying onboard Atomic weapons. After entering the operational service with Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm,…
The aircraft we like to introduce today is the Soko G-4 Super Galeb which is currently serving the Yugoslavian Air Force as their trainer jet and the light attack aircraft. The aircraft is marvel designed by the Aeronautical Technical Institute based in Zarkovo while the manufacturing of the aircraft was conducted by another company named SOKO in their factory located in Mostar. The Soko G-4 Super Galeb also known by the nickname Super Seagull was developed back in 1970 to replace its predecessor trainer jet Soko G2-Galeb that was in service of the Yugoslav Air Force. The aircraft after the…
The aircraft for today is the Xian JH-7 Flounder which is also known by its other name the FBC-1 Flying Leopard. This I a fighter slash bomber jet which has a two-seat design with a twin-engine configuration which is currently in service of the PLAAF (People’s Liberation Army Air Force) and PLANAF (People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force). The main contractors for this aircraft are the XAC (Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation) and the 603rd Aircraft Design Institute which is now known as First Aircraft Institute of AVICI-I. The very first of the Xian JH-7 Flounder were delivered for service to…
The aircraft for today is the one that was created after the joint efforts of two countries and there 2 leading aircraft manufacturing companies. The name of this aircraft is Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet which serves the roles of not only a light attack jet but also that of an advanced trainer jet. The companies behind the creation of this dual-purpose aircraft are Dassault Aviation working in France and Germany’s Dornier Flugzeugwerke. The purpose behind the creation of the Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet was to act the roles for training as well as light attacking missions along with the idea…
The aircraft for today is the one that served not only as an advanced trainer jet for the Spanish Air Force but also as their light attack fighter. The name of this aircraft is CASA C-101 Aviojet which was designed by a company named CASA (Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA) back in the early 1970s. The CASA C-101 Aviojet was designed as a response to the requirement by the Spanish Air Force for their aged fleet of Hispano Saeta. The work on the CASA C-101 Aviojet was started back in 1975 and the ultimate product was named CASA C-101 Aviojet. Tin…
The aircraft for today is the light bomber aircraft of which many heavy fighter and bomber variants were also produced. We are talking about the Bristol Blenheim which was designed and built by the company named Bristol Aeroplane Company back in the early 1930s and was later used by the British Royal Air Force as well as the many other world militaries for almost 2 decades. The aircraft was also sued extensively by its many operators in the first 2 years of World War II. The Bristol Blenheim was developed as the civil airliner designated as The Type 142 which…
The market for the light attack fighter aircraft is continuously seeing an increase in variation across the globe as more and more advanced versions of these fighter jets are coming into the market. One of the reputable companies in the manufacturing of the light attack fighters is the Beechcraft Corporation which was founded way back in 1932 and created many fighter aircraft that served numerous combat roles in World War II. The company is based in Wichita, Kansas. They recently gained success in the world of aviation market with their fighter aircraft Beechcraft T-6 II introduced back in 2001. The…
The aircraft for today is actually a battlefield use UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that is currently in service of the Chinese military. The name of this UAV is Aisheng BZK-600 which was developed as an improvement on the design of its predecessor UAV named WZ-6. The aircraft was improved with addition of 4 hardpoints under its wings; 2 hardpoints for each wing. The Aisheng BZK-600 is capable of carrying on it 4 of the Chinese built UAV employed missiles. In addition to this, the Aisheng BZK-600 is equipped with air-to-surface missile targeting screen, which is the information about this UAV…
The aircraft for today is the CASA/IPTN CN-235 which is the twin-engine and medium-ranged transport aircraft that was designed and produced under a joint project between the CASA (Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA) working in Spain and the IPTN (Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara) working in Indonesia as their military transport and regional airliner aircraft. The primary role of the CASA/IPTN CN-235 as a military aircraft is to perform the air transport, maritime patrol and surveillance missions. The largest operator of the CASA/IPTN CN-235 is currently Turkey which operates nearly 59 of these large-sized transport aircraft. For our readers, we have gathered a…
The aircraft we present today was one of the important bombers that served the Soviet Union during the World War II era. The name of this aircraft is Tupolev Tu-2 which was developed under the name 103 and ANT-58 while its NATO designation is Bat. The Tupolev Tu-2 was a Soviet-built twin-engine and front line high-speed bomber aircraft that served extensively for Soviet Air Force back in the global conflict. The Tupolev Tu-2 was designed for meeting the requirement set by Soviet Air Force for a high-speed bomber aircraft or a dive bomber that could house bombing payload internally and…